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Good for you! I think you'll find life without tv is very rewarding! Chris O'Connell From my iPhone On May 13, 2010, at 10:35 PM, "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <greg-SfI3QVg0eaJl57MIdRCFDg at public.gmane.org > wrote: > I simply cancelled tv. I'msure it'll take some getting used to but > now I > don't have to worry about the junk the kids see on tv > > On May 12, 2010 5:23 PM, "Bill Bogstad" <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> It appears that a the Newton/... > They just did this in Cambridge as of yesterday (May 11th). I had > thought they were going to do it in April, but either they delayed it > for a month or I had misremembered the flyer they had sent me. > > At this point, the only unencrypted digital channels are basically > local OTA rebroadcasts, cable access channels, and some shopping > channels. That leaves me with about 50 unencrypted digital channels > some of which are SD versions of the OTA rebroadcasts. This compares > with the 440 encrypted digital channels that my HDHR sees during a > channel scan. > > Some channels are still being sent in NTSC (analog) format: > 2-22,58,98,99; but everything else is digital only. > > My May Comcast bill talks about more changes coming in June. Five > more OTA HD rebroadcoasts will be added along with around 6 non-OTA HD > channel changes/additions. The most interesting thing is that they > explicitly say that the OTA HD rebroadcasts will be viewable with a > "HD QAM tuner TV". At least they aren't going to encrypt the OTA > channels. > > Bill Bogstad > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.bl... > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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